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The partnership : the making of Goldman Sachs / Charles D. Ellis.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2009.Edition: Updated and revisedDescription: xiii, 753 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780143116127 (pbk.)
  • 0143116126 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HG 4930.5 E47p 2009
Contents:
Beginnings -- Disaster: Goldman Sachs Trading Corporation -- The long road back -- Ford: the largest IPO -- Transition years -- Gus Levy -- The wreck of the Penn Central -- Getting great at selling -- Block trading: the risky business that roared -- Revolution in investment banking -- Principles -- The two Johns -- Bonds: the early years -- Figuring out private client services -- J. Aron: ugly duckling -- Tender defense, a magic carpet -- The uses and abuses of research -- John Weinberg -- Innocents abroad -- Breaking and entering -- How BP almost became a dry hole -- Changing the guard -- Transformation -- False starts in investment management -- Robert Maxwell, the client from hell -- Making arbitrage a business -- J'accuse -- Building a global business -- Steve quit! -- Collecting the best -- Jon Corzine -- Long-term capital management -- Coup -- Getting investment management right -- Paulson's disciplines -- Before the storm -- The perfect storm.
Summary: With unparalleled access to the firm's leadership, Ellis chronicles the brilliant individuals who built one of the world's largest investment banks.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HG 4930.5 E47p 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000077939

Includes bibliographical references (p. [713]-733) and index.

Beginnings -- Disaster: Goldman Sachs Trading Corporation -- The long road back -- Ford: the largest IPO -- Transition years -- Gus Levy -- The wreck of the Penn Central -- Getting great at selling -- Block trading: the risky business that roared -- Revolution in investment banking -- Principles -- The two Johns -- Bonds: the early years -- Figuring out private client services -- J. Aron: ugly duckling -- Tender defense, a magic carpet -- The uses and abuses of research -- John Weinberg -- Innocents abroad -- Breaking and entering -- How BP almost became a dry hole -- Changing the guard -- Transformation -- False starts in investment management -- Robert Maxwell, the client from hell -- Making arbitrage a business -- J'accuse -- Building a global business -- Steve quit! -- Collecting the best -- Jon Corzine -- Long-term capital management -- Coup -- Getting investment management right -- Paulson's disciplines -- Before the storm -- The perfect storm.

With unparalleled access to the firm's leadership, Ellis chronicles the brilliant individuals who built one of the world's largest investment banks.

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